Culinary implement.



C. L. MEYER. CULINARY IMPLEMENT. APPLICATION PLI-sn AUG. 15, 1913.

Patented June 2, 1914n im m @s anni? CHARLES L. MEYER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSGNOB. CEO ROTARY (SHOPPER COMPANY, Ol? NEW YORK, N'. Y., COEPld-ATIUN 0F Nhlll YORK.

GULNARY IMPLEMENT.

Application filed August l5, 1913.

To all whom. it may concern lle it ltnoivn that l, CHARLES L. MEYER, a citizen of the United States, and resi dent of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and. useful improvements in Culinary implements, oi which the following is a specification.

rl'he object of this invention is to provide a culinary implement tor chopping and IniX- ing' vegetables, irnit, meat and. the like, Which implement shall be cheap, simple and durable in its construction and el'licient and practically noiseless in its operation; and which may be readily and thoroughly cleaned after using.

lily invention comprises such an implement. embodying in its construction a skeleton-like chopping' roller having a succession of narrow longitudinallydisposed chopping blades about its periphery, an internally arranged cutting and mixing member co-acting with said blades, and a suitable operat- 'ing handle having provisions whereby the roller is mounted rotatably, and the cutting member is supported in lined relation to the path of the rotating chopping blades, as Will be hereinafter described and claimed.

ln the drawings-Figure l is a vertical section of a culinary implement embodying the preferred form of my invention, the section beingon a plane transversely of the axis of the roller. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section, as on the line 2-2 of llig. l. llig. 3 is a vertical section through the roller, as on the line 3-3 of lGig. l. Fig. a is a sectional detail, enlarged, through one of the trunnion connections for the yoke, roller and cutting and mixing member. Fig. 5 is a perspective vievv ol" one of the choppingblades. Fig. 6 is a similar View oi" the interna-l cutting and mixing member.

il. designates a skeleton-like chopping roller; B a yoke in and between the limbs of which the roller is mounted to rotate, and C a handle to which the yoke is secured; the construction and arrangement ot the parts being such that the said roller can be rapidly rolled back and forth, and 1n 1ntersecting paths, upon vegetables or other substances, in a manner to exert an etlective chopping action thereon.

rlfhe roller structure comprises two circular end heads 5 in and between Which a series of narrow blades 6 are tixedly sup- Specllcation of Letters Patent.

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ported in spaced relation to each other and parallel to the axis oi' rotation of the structure, so as to provide a succession of chopping members. Preferably the end heads comprise inet-al disks provided with suitably spaced apertures 7 into which arc entered the reduced ends 8 oli' the blades. rllhesc ends project slightly beyond thc outer faces oi the disks and are conveniently expanded or riveted against the latter, thus eflectually locking the blades and heads together. The outer eilgges oi the blades lie flush With the peripheral edges of the end heads, or sub stantially so, and such edges oit the blades and heads respectively are appropriately sharpened. rl`he heads are centrally supported upon fixed studs or tii'unnions 9 on the limbs of the yoke l, so as to bo freely rotatable on said studs or trunnions as an axis. Preferably each head is provided with a bushing l0 for the stud or trunnion. (See Fig. l). lWithin the rotary structure and adjacent the inner edges of the blades, is supported a relatively-stationary longitudinally-disposed cutting and mixing member. rlhis member comprises a blade l1 which is sharpened along its upper and lower edges as sho-Wn and is equipped at its ends with radial arms 12 which extend to and are supported on the trunnions 9, so as to be lifted thereby to the yolre and handle. ln the present instance the arms are provided with square apertures 13 which are applied to similarly shaped extensions lil of the respective t-runnions. The arms may be affixed to the trunnions in any other suitable Way.

By the construction above described it will be seen that as the rotary structure is actuated, by manipulation of the handle, the sharp edges of the end heads and radial blades rapidly act upon and chop up the underlying' material; that the co-mminuted substance freely enters the structure, and that any relatively large bodies of material that may be thrown into the interior oi2 the structure are subjected to the eiiicient action of the opposing edges of the internal sta tionary blade and the rotatingradial blades. Thus such large bodies are etlectively severed Within the structure, therein comminpgled With the other reduced material passing,l therethrough, and the Whole permitted to pass freely outward between the radial blades into position for repetition of the chopping, cutting and mixing operation.

The implement above described as typical of my invention, is simple, cheap, durable, practically noiseless and very eliicient. It can be readily cleaned by holding it under an open water faucet in such position that the stream will impinge against the radial blades and rapidly rotate the roller in a manner to effect the removal therefrom of all clinging substances.

I claim l. A culinary implement comprising end heads, narrow longitudinally-disposed chopping blades iiXed in and between the said heads in spaced relation to each other to form a skeleton-like chopping roller, a handle to which. the said roller is rotatably secured, and a cutting and mixing member iXedly supported within said roller in proX- imity to the path of the inner edges of the chopping blades.

2. A culinary implement comprising end heads, narrow longitudinally-disposed chopping blades xed in and between' the said heads in spaced relation to each other to form a skeleton-like chopping structure, a handle member having bearings upon which said heads are rotatably mounted, and an internal cutting and mixing member disposed in proximity to and longitudinally of said blades and fiXedly secured to said bearings.

3. A culinary implement comprising end heads, narrow longitudinally-disposed chopping blades Xed in and between the same in spaced relation to each other to form a skeleton-like chopping structure, a handle member having short trunnions upon which the said heads are rotatably mounted, and a cutting and mixing blade adjacent the path of the inner edges of the chopping blades, said cutting and mixing blade having end arms fast on the inner ends of the trunnions.

Signed at New York in the county and State of NewYork, this 19th day of August A. D., 1913.

CHARLES L. MEYER.

VVit-nesses PIERRE A. Non', JOHN R. NoLAN.

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